leukapheresis
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Leukapheresis () is a laboratory procedure in which white blood cells are separated from a sample of blood. It is a specific type of apheresis, the more general term for separating out one particular constituent of blood and returning the remainder to the circulation.
Research
5,127 papers- Therapeutic leukapheresis and thrombapheresis in medical emergencies.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2020
- Leukapheresis for the management of hyperleukocytosis in acute myeloid leukemia-A systematic review and meta-analysis.Transfusion · 2020
- Risks of leukapheresis and how to manage them-A non-systematic review.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2018
- Optimizing leukapheresis product yield and purity for blood cell-based gene and immune effector cell therapy.Current opinion in hematology · 2020
- Leukapheresis and granulocyte transfusion.CRC critical reviews in clinical laboratory sciences · 1979
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Leukapheresis () is a laboratory procedure in which white blood cells are separated from a sample of blood. It is a specific type of apheresis, the more general term for separating out one particular constituent of blood and returning the remainder to the circulation.
Leukapheresis may be performed to decrease a very high white blood cell count, to obtain blood cells from a patient (autologous) or donor (allogeneic) for later transplant into the patient, or to obtain cells for research purposes.
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